Chandigarh: Being in the spotlight isn’t new for Krishan Kumar, Punjab’s principal secretary of water resources. Now, the 1997 batch IAS officer is in the eye of a storm amid an ongoing slugfest between the Opposition and the Bhagwant Mann government over what caused the devastating floods in the state.

The Opposition is demanding Kumar’s immediate transfer, saying he did not act in time to prepare for the ferocity of the monsoons. But the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government is standing behind Kumar, saying he “did his best” to prepare for the floods.

Kumar, who served in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) from 2011 to 2015, has a reputation for being an uncompromising and disciplined administrator, known for spearheading the state’s educational reforms when he was education secretary

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